Dr. Benny Peiser 19.07.2010 16:30 +Feedback
Can Humans Survive?
Can humans survive? A few doom prophets say no. More experts say yes, but caution that humans must learn to wield technology more wisely to fend off natural threats such as asteroids. Wisdom can also teach humans to avoid destroying themselves with biotechnology or nanotechnology run amok. “As we move to a civilization that’s so much more powerful in terms of controlling nature and manipulating nature, and becoming ever more powerful in our tools and capabilities, there’s an inherent risk in that,” said Benny Peiser, a social anthropologist and director of the Global Warming Policy Foundation in London, England. Technology has given humans a better shot at long-term survival today than at any point in their history, Peiser said. see also: Existential risk and democratic peace